General Managers Program (GMP) Reviews

Elżbieta Nitsze

General Manager
Koncept 2000 sp. z o.o./Airport Hotel Okęcie

★★★★★

Great network of new friends

GMP was confirmation of my present knowledge as a GM of the hotel. The sessions were perfectly organized – from the essential, practical and “possible to use” point of view. I’m a member of the great network of new friends from the hotel industry – we will help each other and share opinions in the future for sure.

Amine Saad

General Manager
AUN Hotel Conference Center & Spa

★★★★★

Revise critical practices and procedures

A great experience. During the ten days, GMP allowed me to refresh my knowledge, gain more hospitality insights, meet professionals from all over the world, and revise critical practices and procedures we may skip in our daily busy operation. The most important practice was the networking and sharing experience in work groups. I will definitely recommend this program.

Second to none

Warren Miller

General Manager
Ten Manchester Street Hotel - City and Country Hotels

★★★★★

A completely new outlook

The Cornell GMP has been the best opportunity in both my personal and professional development that I have had the chance to be involved in. The learning and networking that you are exposed to is priceless. I am leaving Cornell with a completely new outlook, refreshing ideas and many close friends. I would highly recommend GMP to any aspiring managers who are committed to make a difference i...

Alan Shaw

General Manager
Macdonald Hotels

★★★★★

Valuable and detailed academic analysis

The opportunity to take time away, reflect and re-energize your thinking puts real perspective to what the role actually is and where the expectations actually lie. Truly an eye-opening experience with valuable and detailed academic analysis.

Thilo Schrewe

Highly beneficial for my development

Carl Galea

Hotel Manager
Marina Hotel Corinthia Beach Resort

★★★★★

Better leader, better person and better colleague

I am really honoured that I had the opportunity to participate in the GMP 2017. This program gave me the opportunity to broaden my knowledge and skills that will help me become a better leader, better person and better colleague.

Daniel Healey

Career defining experience

Albert Mayr

Hotel Manager
Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof

★★★★★

Time to focus

Attendance at GMP has given me the chance to step out of regular business for those ten intensive days and allows me the time to focus on developing and bringing my hotel one step further towards operational service and sales excellence. We need to become let’s say class best in our image position and market share.

Dejan Balmazović

Assistant General Manager
Union hoteli d.d.

★★★★☆

From “operational” to “strategic"

The biggest benefit of the program is that most of the people involved are able to switch you from an “operational” to “strategic” mood. Being taken away from my daily job, surrounded by open-minded colleagues from different countries and cultures, enabled me to dedicate myself to issues that are often forgotten and neglected.

Jason Woywod

President
Prospector Hotel & Gambling Hall

★★★★★

Provided wonderful insights

GMP provided wonderful insights on all aspects of the hospitality industry. All the speakers were very knowledgeable in their fields and my fellow classmates helped continue my growth in real-world operations.

Ajit Singh Garcha

It made me introspect

Floor-Jan van der Linden

Corporate Operations Manager
Hampshire Hospitality

★★★★★

Great experience of strategic management

It was a great two weeks full of learning, networking and fun. Very nice to meet and talk to other professionals with the same issues and to the professors about those issues. A great experience of strategic management!

Marcelo Romero Guzmán

Wonderful professors

Frederic Hill

General Manager
Stanhope Hotel

★★★★★

The networking is priceless

The GMP allows you to take a step back and revise critical practices and procedures thanks to the expertise of inspiring and highly motivated instructors. The networking – both in work groups and outside – with other professionals having varied experiences and cultures is priceless.

Carlota Nieto Morales

Las Villas & Casas Ducales Manager
Gran Hotel Bahia del Duque Resort

★★★★★

I feel stronger to lead

I take with me new knowledge, reflection from what we have done until now and what can be changed from now. It has been 10 intensive days sharing ideas and strategies with the best experienced professors as well colleagues coming from all around the world. I keep in my memories the enjoyed 10 days with all colleagues. I feel stronger to lead the team as well ready for change.

Leon Pink

General Manager
Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia

★★★★★

So good to stop, reflect

A perfect balance of thought-provoking presentations and group discussion allowing for really helpful take-away ideas and strategies. Networking with a diverse group of hospitality professionals has been outstanding. So good to stop, reflect, discuss and create new initiatives.

Serena von der Heyde

Partner
The Georgian House

★★★★★

Changed, challenged and inspired me

GMP has changed, challenged and inspired me and sharpened my focus, through excellent lecturers and my generous, supportive colleagues. I know that one year from now my business will be far better and more successful thanks to GMP.

Bernard Lensink

General Manager
Duin & Kruidberg Country Estate

★★★★☆

Asset to any hospitality management career

The two weeks at GMP June 2015 have been very rewarding. The lectures of the high-level professors are good, but the interaction with a wide range of different people/managers from all over the world makes this program a real asset to any hospitality management career.

Rodolf Weytingh

General Manager
Hampshire Hotel Amsterdam American

★★★★☆

Exchange of international experience is a valuable contribution

The GMP programme provides a momentum to connect with your own industry, away from the daily operations. It is not abstract and theoretical but an update of the developments in the field whilst connecting with fellow professionals from the hotel industry all around the world. This exchange of international experience is a valuable contribution to the executive learning programme.

Hichame Hamdaoua

General Manager
Royal Mansour Casablanca

★★★★☆

To brand myself as a leader

After attending different PDP classes, as Director of Finance, then Director of Operations, I came back as General Manager. GMP was a natural, logical follow-up. Each time, I see my mission from another perspective: from how to daily manage my staff, my guests, my scorecard, to the awareness of creating sustainable advantage to hire the talents, to re-invent the guests’ experience, to meet th...